Shipping box



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Patented Aug. 26, 1924.

UNITED STATES EDWARD T. DYSON, 0F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

SHIPPING BO-X.

Application filed January 21, 1920. Serial No. 858,048.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known .that I, EDWARD T. DYsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, 'in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping Boxes, of which the folowing is a specification.

My invention is an improved shipping box. The object of my invention is to provide a strong, light and durable container protected on all corners with wooden strips so that when loaded and lashed with ropes the same will not cut into fibre or corrugated paper used in container. This container may be used for shipping fruits and vegetables and case goods of all kinds. It is also lighter than the wooden container and has greater loading and carrying stren h than theso-called fibre or corrugate containers and can be made up under a nailing machine.

Referring to the annexed drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my box.

Figure 2 is an end view of the box.

Figure 3 is a side view of the box.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section of the box on line 1-4 of Fig. 3.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section of the box on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Figure 6 is an end view of a modified form of my box.

Figure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of one end of the box taken partly on the line 77 of Fig. 8.

Figure 8 is a cross section of the box taken on line 8-8 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing 1 indicates the end walls of the box which are made of wood of substantial thickness. A single sheet 2 of light material, such as fibre or corrugated board. is bent in the form of the bottom 3 and sides 4 of the box. End flanges 5 on the bottom 3 are bent up against the outside of the end walls 1 and slats 6 are placed against said flanges and nailed to said walls through said flanges. Flanges 7 at the ends of the sides 4 are bent inwardly upon the sides and the ends of the sides are nailed through said flanges to the edges of the end walls of the box. Slats 8 are placed on the outside of the bottom 3 along the side edges thereof and are nailed through the bottom to the lower edge of the end walls 1. A slat 9 is placed on the bottom 3 intermediate the slats 8 and is nailed through the bottom to the lower edge of the end walls 1. A slat 10 is nailed to the outside of each end wall 1 at the upper edge thereof. Flanges 11 at the upper edges of the side walls 4 are bent inwardly over the end walls 1. A top 12 is placed over the upper edges of the end and side walls of the box and over the flanges 11 on the ends of which top are depending flanges 13 which fit in grooves 14: in the upper edge of slats 10. Slats 15 are tacked to the outside of the top 12 along its side edges and a slat 16 is tacked to the top intermediate the slats 15. The top 12 is nailed through its slats and through the flanges 11 to the upper edges of the end walls 1.

In the modified form of my box shown in Fig. 6 an opening 20 is cut in the end walls 1 which are covered by a fibre or corrugated board lining 21, thus reducing the weight of the end walls and further lightening the box.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A box including end walls of substantial thickness, a bottom and sides of light material secured to said end walls, slats on the outside of said bottom secured to said end walls, flanges on the ends of said bottom bent up against the outside of said end walls, and slats secured to said end walls against said flanges.

2. A box including end walls of substantial thickness, a bottom and sides of light material secured to said end walls, and slats on the outside of said bottom secured to said end walls, the ends of said side walls being bent upon themselves.

3. A box including end walls of substantial thickness, bottom and side walls of light material secured to said ends, slats secured to the upper edges of said end walls provided with grooves, flanges along the upper edges of said sides bent inwardly over sai end walls, a top secured to said end walls over said flanges, and flanges depending from the ends of said top in said grooves.

4; A box including end walls of substantial thickness, a single sheet of light material forming the, bottom and sides of the box secured to said end walls, the ends of said side walls being bent inwardly upon themselves and secured to the side edges of the end walls. the ends of the bottom wall being bent upwardly over the outside of said end walls, and secured to said end walls.

5. A box including end walls of substantial thickness, a single sheet of light material forming the bottom and sides of the box secured to said end walls, the ends of said side walls being bent inwardly upon themselves and secured to the side edges of the end walls, the upper edges of the side walls being bent over the upper edges of said end Walls, and a top restin upon the upper bent edges of said side wal s and secured to said end walls.

6. A box including end walls of substantial thickness, a single sheet of light material forming the bottom and sides of the box secured to said end walls, the ends of said side walls being bent inwardly upon themselves and secured to the side edges of the end walls, the ends of the bottom wall being bent upwardly over the outside of said end walls and secured to said end walls, the upper edges of the side walls being bent over the upper edges of said end walls, and a top resting upon the upper bent edges of said side walls and secured to said end walls.

7. A box including end walls, of substantial thickness, a single sheet of light material forming the bottom and sides of the box secured to said end walls, the ends of the bottom wall being bent upwardly over the outside of said end Walls, and secured thereto, the upper edges of the side walls being bent inwardly over the upper edges of said end walls, and a top resting upon the upper bent edges of said side walls and secured to said end walls.

8. A box including end walls of substan tial thickness, a single sheet of light material forming the bottom and sides of the box secured to said end walls, the ends of said side walls being bent inwardly upon them selves and secured to the side edges of the end Walls, the upper edges of the side walls being bentinwardly over the upper edges of said end walls,and a top resting upon said upper bent edges of said side walls and secured to said end walls.

9. A box including end walls of substantial thickness, a single sheet of light material bent to form the bottom and side walls flanges bent up from the ends of said bottom against the outside of said end walls, slats secured to said end walls against said flanges, the ends of said sides bei bent upon themselves and secured to the e ges of said end walls.

10. A box including end walls of substantial thickness, a single sheet of light material bent to fit over the lower edges and the side edges of said end walls to form the bottom and side walls of the box, slats secured over said bottom wall at the side edges thereof to said end walls, slats secured to the outside and at the lower edges of said end walls, slats secured to the outside and at the upper edges of said end walls, a sheet of light material secured to the upper edges of said end walls and forming the top of the box, and slats secured over said top at the side edges thereof to the upper edges of said end walls.

11. A box including end walls of substantial thickness, a single sheet of light material bent to fit over the lower edges and the side edges of said end Walls to form the.

bottom and side walls of the box, and the ends of said bottom wall being bent upwardly over the lower edges of said end walls, slats secured to said end walls at their lower edges against the upwardly bent ends of said bottom wall, a sheet of thin material placed over the upper edges of said end walls and forming the top wall of the box, slats secured to said end walls at the upper edges thereof, the ends of said top wall being bent down over the upper edges of said endwalls, means for securing the ends of said top wall in the slats at the upper edges of said end walls, and slats secured over said top wall at the side edges thereof to the upper edges of said end walls.

In testimony whereof I atlix mysignature.

EDWARD T. DYSON. 

